INCORPORATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS IN LEGISLATIVE ACTS. 15. Each legislative act concerning a multiannual programme adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure will contain a provision in which the legislative authority lays down the financial envelope for the programme. That amount will constitute the prime reference for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure. The budgetary authority and the Commission, when it draws up the draft budget, undertake not to depart by more than 5% from that amount for the entire duration of the programme concerned, unless new, objective, long-term circumstances arise for which explicit and precise reasons are given, with account being taken of the results obtained from implementing the programme, in particular on the basis of assessments. Any increase resulting from such variation must remain within the existing ceiling for the heading concerned, without prejudice to the use of instruments mentioned in the MFF regulation and in this Agreement. This Point does not apply to appropriations for cohesion adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure and pre-allocated by Member States which contain a financial envelope for the entire duration of the programme.
INCORPORATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS IN LEGISLATIVE ACTS. 17. Each legislative act, concerning a multiannual programme, adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure shall contain a provision in which the legislator lays down the financial envelope for the programme. That amount shall constitute the prime reference amount for the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. The European Parliament and the Council, and the Commission when it draws up the draft budget, undertake not to depart by more than 10 % from that amount for the entire duration of the programme concerned, unless new, objective, long-term circumstances arise for which explicit and precise reasons are given, with account being taken of the results obtained from imple shall remain beneath the existing ceiling for the heading concerned, without prejudice to the use of instruments mentioned in the MFF Regulation and in this Agreement. This Point applies neither to appropriations for cohesion adopted under the ordinary legislative procedure and pre- allocated by Member States, which contain a financial envelope for the entire duration of the programme nor to the large scale projects referred to in Article 16 of the MFF Regulation.
INCORPORATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS IN LEGISLATIVE ACTS. 33. Legislative acts concerning multiannual programmes adopted under the co-decision procedure contain a provision in which the legisla- tive authority lays down the financial framework for the programme for its entire duration. That amount will constitute the prime reference for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure. The budgetary authority and the Commission, when drawing up its preliminary draft budget, undertake not to depart from this amount unless new, objective, long-term circumstances arise for which explicit and precise reasons are given, with account being taken of the results obtained from implementing the programme, in parti- cular on the basis of assessments.
INCORPORATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS IN LEGISLATIVE ACTS. 37. Each legislative act concerning a multiannual programme adopted under the codecision procedure will contain a provision in which the legislative authority lays down the financial envelope for the programme. That amount will constitute the prime reference for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary proce- dure. depart by more than 5 % from that amount for the entire duration of the programme concerned, unless new, objec- tive, long-term circumstances arise for which explicit and precise reasons are given, with account being taken of the results obtained from implementing the programme, in particular on the basis of assessments. Any increase resulting from such variation must remain within the existing ceiling for the heading concerned, without preju- dice to the use of instruments mentioned in this Agree- ment. This Point does not apply to appropriations for cohesion adopted under the codecision procedure and pre-allocated by Member States which contain a financial envelope for the entire duration of the programme.
INCORPORATION OF FINANCIAL PROVISIONS IN LEGISLATIVE ACTS. 18. Each legislative act, concerning a multiannual programme, adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure shall contain a provision in which the legislator lays down the financial envelope for the programme. That amount shall constitute the prime reference amount for the European Parliament and for the Council during the annual budgetary procedure. For programmes referred to in annex II to the MFF Regulation, the prime reference amount is automatically increased by the additional allocations referred to in article 5(1) of the MFF Regulation. The European Parliament and the Council, and the Commission when it draws up the draft budget, undertake not to depart by more than 15 % from that amount for the entire duration of the programme concerned, unless new, objective, long-term circumstances arise for which explicit and precise reasons are given, with account being taken of the results obtained from implementing the programme, in particular on the basis of assessments. any increase resulting from such variation shall remain beneath the existing ceiling for the heading concerned, without prejudice to the use of instruments referred to in the MFF Regulation and in this agreement. The fourth paragraph does not apply to the additional allocations referred to in the third paragraph. This point does not apply to appropriations for cohesion adopted in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and pre-allocated per Member State which contain a financial envelope for the entire duration of the programme or to the large- scale projects referred to in article 18 of the MFF Regulation.
